Alec Jeffreys

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By DNA database - jeffreys on Monday, July 5th, 2010

How the science of DNA fingerprinting was born [Telegraph.co.uk] May 24. Sir Alec Jeffreys, the pioneer of DNA fingerprinting, reflects on his breakthrough with mixed feelings DNA database created from babies’ blood samples …Newspointer.co.uk -… »

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By Roderic on Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, the scientist who pioneered the use of genetic fingerprinting and profiling, has expressed fundamental doubts about the government’s handling of the DNA database. Anyone arrested in England, …

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By C'est Moi - Selina on Friday, February 5th, 2010

Most recently, Sir Jeffreys has called for a drastic reduction in the DNA database, stating Britain has disregarded rights and privacy of innocent people in collecting database information. 10. Ellis KerleyEllis R. Kerley: Kerley …

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By Britannia Radio on Friday, February 5th, 2010

Keeping profiles of the innocent on the DNA database causes immense distress and has even led to suicide, the pioneer of fingerprinting technology warned MPs yesterday. Sir Alec Jeffreys, who invented the use of DNA to fight crime, …

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DNA pioneer lambasts government database policy

By Register on Thursday, February 4th, 2010

… Sir Alec Jeffreys told MPs that he was “astonished, perplexed and deeply worried” about the existing management policy of the National DNA Database. …

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Identity: Eight rooms, nine lives

By guardian.co.uk on Saturday, November 28th, 2009

We learn that Jeffreys was a good swimmer at school, read books about Biggles and has now become profoundly disturbed about Britain’s vast DNA database that …

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By admin on Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Remind me what I have forgotten about the DNA database In the mid-Eighties Professor Alec Jeffreys discovered how to take a sample of someone’s DNA and convert it into a unique genetic fingerprint. The database, set up in 1995 and …

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Q&A: DNA database

By Times Online on Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Remind me what I have forgotten about the DNA database In the mid-Eighties Professor Alec Jeffreys discovered how to take a sample of someone’s DNA and …

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Project Management + Business Extras: Alec Jeffreys: The Father of

By Ken Budd on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Is it really such a problem to be on a database? Having your DNA on a database - to be branded the same as a criminal - is painful for a considerable number of people. And I’ve not heard those people have a voice in this debate. …

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AP: Does DNA database unfairly brand the innocent? « NEWS FROM THE

By admin on Monday, September 21st, 2009

AP: Does DNA database unfairly brand the innocent? Jill Lawless, Associated Press. Sunday, September 13, 2009. British scientist Alec Jeffreys realized 25 years ago Thursday that individuals have “DNA fingerprints,” unique patterns of …

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